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Patent GB-190109485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-writing Machines.
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 9485. Clark, A. M., [Wagner Typewriter Co.]. May 7. Type-writers.- Relates to the escapement mechanism for controlling the carriage feed. Fig. 1 shows a plan view of part of the machine, and Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line 2-2. Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged edge views of the space-rack 1 with diagrammatic representations of the escapement pawls 11 and 14 and stops 9, 10. The dog-rocker a is linked to the universal spacing-bar d by rods c, and is provided with a tail-piece 5 moving between stops j. Pivoted to the rocker a is a dog 6 movable between stops 9, .10, and pressed by a spring 8 towards the former, i.e., in the opposite direction to the carriage feed. The dog carries a nose-piece or operative pawl 11 normally pressed outwards by a spring 12, Fig. 4, which yields to allow the carriage to be moved to the right when a line is completed. Fixed to the rocker a is a dog or cam 14 bevelled at 15, and normally fitted beneath and clear of the space rack 1. The teeth of the space-rack are formed with vertical upper faces 3, and inclined lower faces 4, Figs. 6 and 7. When a key is depressed, the movement of the dog-rocker lifts the pawl 11 clear of the space-rack, and at the same time brings the dog 14 into engagement with the rack, as shown in Fig. 7. The dog 6 is then free to move against the stop 9, and, when the key is released, the inclined surface 4 depresses the dog 14 so as to re-engage the pawl 11 with the next following tooth, the carriage being fed forward through one space in the usual way. The positive downward action on the dog 14 renders it unnecessary to provide a controlling- spring for the dog-rocker, and increases the rapidity of its action.
Patent GB-190109611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Heads for Use in Connection with the Overhead System of Electric Traction.
Inventor: METCALFE ANTHONY
Filed: 1901-05-08
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 9611. Metcalfe, A. May 8. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Collectors.-The trolley wheel B is slewed into any desired position by a cord or chain &c. F passed round and attached to a wheel C fixed on the swivelling spindle D. The cord is led over guide-wheels M mounted in the head, and its free ends are attached to a cross-bar or handles, which also serve to indicate the position of the wheel B. A stop J for limiting the motion and a shield P are provided. The cords F may replace or be used in addition to the ordinary trolley pole rope, with guiding and connecting rings in the latter case.
Patent GB-190113301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Engine Telegraph and similar Apparatus.
Inventor: ARFELT EDVARD
Filed: 1901-06-29
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 13,301. Arfelt, E. June 29. Telegraphs, mechanical ; signals, reply or tell-tale. -Relates to pneumatic and hydraulic indicators such as engine and steering telegraphs or tell-tales. Two or more cylinders a, b, Fig. 1, at the transmitting-station are connected by conduits b<2>, a<2> to corresponding cylinders a<1>, b<1> at the receiving- station. The pistons of the cylinders are connected, as shown, to crank-pins d, d<1> on the indicator spindles e, e<1>. The conduits and the adjoining cylinder spaces limited by the pistons are filled with air or other suitable gas or a liquid. When the spindle e is moved, a corresponding movement is transmitted to the spindle e'. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, two cylinders set at rightangles are employed at each station, but the number and relative inclination of the cylinders may be varied, if the pistons are connected to suitablyarranged crank-pins on the spindles. Figs. 3 and 4 show the arrangement for two parallel cylinders. The cylinders and pistons may be replaced by vessels g, Fig. 5, having flexible membranes f, or by receptacles of elastic material. For greater accuracy of working, the pointers may be carried by separate spindles geared to the spindles e, e<1>. For steering or engine tell-tales, the rudder or some part of the engine shaft &c. replaces the pointer at the transmitting station.
Patent GB-190114667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines having Two Pairs of Impression and Printing Surfaces
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1901-07-18
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 14,667. Marks, G. C., [Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing Co.]. July 18. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Relates to bed and cylinder web printing-machines having two cylinders and beds for perfecting or for printing in two colours, and consists in so driving the printing-mechanisms and manipulating the web that, while one bed and cylinder is on impression and printing, the other bed and cylinder is off impression. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement of perfecting machine having two cylinders A, B reciprocating over the stationary type beds C, D. The carriages of the cylinders are driven by crank-pins 33, 38 on wheels fixed on shafts 32, 37 geared to a driving-shaft. The cranks 33 are set at an angle of 90‹ to the cranks 38, as shown, so that, when one cylinder is in contact with its type bed, the other is out of contact. The web passes from a roll W through continuously-driven feeding- in rollers 11, 12, 13, round a looper 14, fixed guideroller 15, the cylinder A, and guide-rollers 16, 17 in the carriage of this cylinder, round a fixed guideroller 18, looper 19, fixed guide-roller 20, between rollers 21, 210, round a looper 211, thence round a fixed guide-roller 212 round the cylinder B and rollers 22, 23 in the carriage of that cylinder, round the fixed guide-roller 24 and looper 25, and to the continuously-driven feeding-out rollers 26, 27, 28. The loopers 14, 25 are on slide bars 61 connected by rods 60 to levers 58 pivoted at 59 and operated by cams 55 on a shaft 54. The opposite ends of the levers are connected by rods 62 to slide bars 63 carrying the loopers 19, 211. The shaft 54 is geared to the driving-mechanism, so as to make two revolutions for every revolution of the crankpins 33, 38. A single looper, having twice the extent of movement, may be substituted for the loopers 19, 211. A modification is described in which the two type beds are in the same horizontal plane, and the cylinder carriages are separately driven by crank &c. mechanism, the loopermechanism corresponding to the loopers 19, 211, and 25 being situated between the cylinders and beds. A two-colour machine, having beds in the same plane with separate driving-mechanisms and loopers at each end of the machine and between the cylinders, is described.
Patent GB-190116379-A (GB)
Title: Overseaming Sewing Machine.
Inventor: MACDONALD JOHN KING
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 16,379. Macdonald, J. K., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Aug. 15. Overedge-stitching machines; double-loop stitching - machines ; ornamental-sewing machines. - Consists of improved s t i t c hforming devices, and of means for positively controlling the needle and under threads at all times. The looper 24 is formed on a lever 23 pivoted to a bracket 22 secured on the needle-bar and to a swinging link 25 pivoted to the frame, the bracket 22 and link 25 being so situated that the looper oscillates in a plane at a considerable angle to the path of the threaded looper 20, which it thus clears. The looper 20 is actuated by mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 21,638, A.D. 1896. In operation, the looper 24 draws a loop of needle thread from under the work, and holds it in a position for the looper 20 to pass through above the work, the needle then descending through the loop of under thread carried by the looper 20, Fig. 4. The stitch shown in Fig. 12 is thus formed. Governing needle thread and under thread.-The needle thread passes from a constant tension 34 across a fork 32 in which a pull-off lever 33 moves, then under a thread nipper consisting of the stiff spring 35 and a reciprocating block 36, and finally through a yoke 39 and a slot in a take-up plate 42 secured to the needle-bar and moving in the yoke, Fig. 2. The fork 32, block 36, and yoke 39 are vertically adjustable on the respective parts which carry them, to suit different lengths and widths of stitch. The pull-off device for the under thread comprises the hooks 44 straddling a plate 45 through a slot in which the thread is extended between eyes 49. A spring 47, Fig. 11, is mounted in the slot in the plate 45. The thread nipper 53, 55 is similar to that for the needle thread. The eyes 49 are simultaneously adjustable on pins 50. Work-supports.-The under thread is looped over a tongue 59, Fig. 4, carried by the throat plate and the width of the overseam.
Patent GB-190119567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baling Presses.
Inventor: FULLER JAMES TREZERVANT
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 19,567. Fuller, J. T. Oct. 1. Baling-presses.-Cylindrical bales of cotton &c. are formed in the press. One of three bale holders is swung into the press over the hydraulic cylindei O, and is raised by the upward movement of the annular plunger P until its revoluble upper end Q engages with the lower end of the hopper G, to which it is automatically locked. The hopper G and feed-roller F are carried in a block D, which is rotated in the fixed head B by a pinion which gears with teeth d on it. The rollers F are supported entirely outside of the hopper, and their shafts carry wheels f<2>, which gear with a fixed rack K, thereby rotating the rollers and feeding in the fibre, which gradually presses down the bottom plate n' of the chamber L. The loose head Q of the chamber L carries radial arms I, which serve as stripping-fingers for the rollers F and to retain the bale when the chamber L is moved out of the press until the ties are secured. The parts Q and G are held together by bolts S carried on a ring which is slightly rotated by a broken spur-wheel s', which is rotated by engaging one or the other of the racks T<1>, one of which is automatically brought to its level, according as the parts are to be locked or unlocked. Hooks R secure the ring Q while the bale is being tied.
Patent GB-190121399-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Supporting, Stretching and Releasing Tapestries and other like Wall Coverings
Inventor: REID WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 21,399. Reid, W. R. Oct. 25. Curtains, suspending; pictures &c., hanging on walls.-Relates to folding apparatus for supporting and stretching tapestry and valuable wall cover- ings so that they can be rapidly released and re- moved in case of fire. Rods B, pivoted to wall brackets E, are sup- ported in a horizontal position by a central vertical rod D which is adapted to slide in guides F, and is sup- ported in a raisedposi- tion by a pin G. Side-bars A are pivoted to the wall plates E, and connected to the rod D by links C. Hooks are sewn to the sides and top of the fabric to engage with the bars A, B, and the lower edge of the fabric is secured to the links C by rings and hooks. On removing the pin G, the side- bars A are drawn in, the rods B are released and fall into a vertical position, and the fabric detaches itself and can be carried off.
Patent GB-190124558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book-sewing Machines.
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 24,558. Brewer, G., [Smyth Machine Co.]. Dec. 3. Book-stitching machines; double-loop stitching- machines; feed; neeedle-driving needle shields; governing needle thread.-Fig. 5 shows a side view of part of the machine. The signatures are placed in a vertically-adjustable receptacle, the bottom of which, formed of bars 4, slopes towards the delivery end and also towards the side where a top guide-rail 10 is supported. The delivery end of the rail 10 is laterally adjustable on its pillar 12. Between the bars 4 are endless feed-belts, which are moved step by step to feed the signatures forward. The gearing for this purpose comprises the pawl and ratchet 33, 32, Fig. 18, mounted on the shaft of one set of the belt pulleys and gearing through the segments 27, 24, 25 and shaft 23 with a rack 29 adjustable on a cam-actuated rod 30. The shaft 23 also carries fingers 26, which control the lower cut edges of the signatures. The sucker 46 is pivoted at 48 to slide-bars 49 connected by links 50 to arms 51 of a rock-shaft 52, and its lower end is connected by links 53 to arms 54 of the same rock-shaft. The relative arrangement of these parts is such that, on the rearward movement of the sucker with a corner of the front signature, practically no movement of its pivoted end 48 takes place until the sucker has assumed the inclined position shown in dotted lines. The fingers 26 then turn up against the rear half of the signature, and the signature bar v rises and lifts the signature into sewing position. The valve 59 controlling the sucker exhaust is closed by a spring 65 and opened by a cam 64 through the rods 63, 61 and arm 62. The shaft 52 is oscillated by a rack and segment, rod 57, and cam 58. Fingers 67 for pushing the lower edges of the signatures on to the table B are operated by a segment and rack and a rod 71 connected to a cam actuated elbow lever. The sewing is effected by semicircular needles 79, Fig. 10, co-operating with similarly-shaped threaded loopers 90 moving in planes at right-angles to the needles. In order to protect the needles from bending &c., the grooves in the signature bar and needle-block in which they work are each fitted with one or two rollers 133, 134 against which the needle bears. A take-up arm 99, notched for the thread, oscillates parallel to each needle, and these arms serve, by pulling on the thread to hold the last sewed signature in position until the next comes into place. The needles, loopers, and take-up arms are operated by rack-bars actuated through levers and cams, not shown.
Patent GB-190126046-A (GB)
Title: Improved Valve Gear for Steam Engines.
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 26,046. Davey, H. Dec. 20. Valve gear; stop gear. -Comprises gear for operating separate admission and exhaust valves, shown as applied to cylindrical or Corliss valves, and also comprises safety or stop gear for the prevention of racing. Fig. 3 shows in plan and elevation the trip-gear for operating the admission valve. On the valve spindle C is keyed the disc or lever F, which is connected to the dash-pot K. On the same spindle is mounted loosely the actuating- levers G, which are connected by the rod J to the actuating-eccentric, either on the crank shaft or on a secondary shaftdriven thereby. The levers G carry a pawl H, capable of engaging with the disc F for opening the valve and of being released by a lever M acting on the tail L for permitting of the closure of the valve by the dash-pot. The levers M for the two admission valves may be adjusted either by hand or by a governor, and may be connected to safety or stop gear for preventing racing, as shown in Fig. 2. Raising the rod N adjusts the levers M so as to make the cut-off occur earlier. If, owing to racing, the rod is raised high enough to release the pawl S through the lever T, the weighted lever Q acts to raise it further so as to disconnect the valves entirely. For actuating the exhaust valves, either a releasing-gear like that for the admission valves is used, or a linkage gear is used with lost motion, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, in order to allow each valve to remain at rest while the other one is being opened and closed.
Patent GB-190202859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes or Brooms.
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 2859. Lake, H. H., [Royal Brush and Broom Co.]. Feb. 4. Bristles, fixing; handles, fixing to stocks or heads. -The head or frame is made of one piece of wire or the like bent to form the tang part B<4>, the sloping sides B, and the cross-bars B<1>, B<2>, B<3>. The tang is inserted in a slot c in the handle C in which it is kept by a ferrule d and a wedge e held in place by a pin f. The tufts or bunches of bristles &c. A are preferably looped and tied round the cross-bars, in the manner shown.
Patent GB-190207408-A (GB)
Title: Board Game.
Inventor: WINDRATH HERMANN
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 7408. Windrath, H., and Tobler, E. March 27. Games played with boards and men.-The game is played on a board divided into squares, for instance, as shown in Fig. 1, the corners of the squares being connected by straight or curved lines. The corners of the board are fitted with pieces of metal E to represent forts. The men or pieces used are of different value, and may be in the form of ships with one, two, and three masts, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, each mast being fitted with a detachable piece i. One of the pieces i is removed, so as to reduce the value of the piece, each time it is " taken " during the game.
Patent GB-190210674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-Speed Gearing
Inventor: FREEMAN GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 10,674. Freeman, G. C. May 9. Driving - mechanism clutches. - Relates to twospeed gearing for motor cycles &c. A pinion 2, fixed on the driving- shaft, is geared to a concentric loose wheel 7 by means of wheels 3, 4 fixed to spindles 5 which are mounted in a disc secured to the end of the bearing 8. The pulley 12 encloses the gearing and is formed with a ratchet-wheel 11 adapted to be driven by pawls on a plate 10 secured to the wheel 7. Beyond the gearing the shaft carries a clutch formed by a domed disc, or by a series of segments 14 hinged on a sleeve 15. When the sleeve is moved inwards, the segments bind in the groove in the pulley, which is then driven at the speed of the shaft, its ratchet-wheel overrunning the pawls on the plate 10. The clutch may be worked by an external sleeve and levers, or by a rod passing through the shaft.
Patent GB-190214396-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brick
Inventor: JAUBERT LEON
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 14,396. Jaubert, L. June 25. Bricks.-In order to prevent the passage of moisture through mortar joints, angular or other shaped ribs A, formed on the upper surfaces of the bricks, fit loosely in semicircular or other shaped grooves B in the lower surfaces of the adjacent bricks. Mortar C, C' is laid at the edges of the brick only, and an air space is left between the rib and groove. Vertical drainage grooves D, D' may be formed in the ends of the bricks, which are preferably made hollow. Large bricks or blocks may be made with two or more ribs and grooves.
Patent GB-190216241-A (GB)
Title: Improved Golf Ball Hole Tin.
Inventor: BAINES EDMUND NORBURY
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 16,241. Baines, E. N., and Schmidt, J. W. July 22. Golf.-A tin for a golf hole is provided with a socket for the flag and gutters for draining away rain. The sides A may be made separate from the bottom B, and be attached to the bottom by rivets C. In the bottom are formed a socket F for the flag, and draining-gutters E leading to spaces D between the sides and bottom. The lower end of the socket F is solid, or is closed by a plug. A hole G is formed in the side A for the insertion of an instrument for withdrawing the tin from the hole.
Patent GB-190220569-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Seal and Embossing Die.
Inventor: MAIDHOF HENRY SEBASTIAN
Filed: 1902-09-20
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 20,569. Maidhof, H. S. Sept. 20, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Seals.-A seal ring 3 is fitted in a socket 2 of a handle 1, and a die 5 is retained within the ring by spring tongues 6 or the like, and can be ejected by means of a follower 9, when required for embossing or stamping stationery &c. in an ordinary press. A cap 7 is fitted tightly on the handle over the ring and die.
Patent GB-190221374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Movable Toys.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST PAUL
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 21,374. Lehmann, E. P. Oct. 1. Mechanical toys.-Relates to a toy boat, which is arranged to produce a series of detonations as it moves. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the driving-mechanism consists of a spring barrel a, which actuates, through gearing, an endless belt g which gives motion to an axis k. The end of a strip l carrying a series of explosive pellets is connected to the axle g, so as to be fed forwards from the axle m through a guide n as the boat travels. The pellets are exploded by one or more hammers o, actuated by a pin-wheel r carried by the spring barrel. Laterally-projecting barrels s are arranged to receive the smoke &c., so as to produce the appearance of guns firing. Some of the smoke may also be led into the funnel. A reciprocating traverse is given to the boat by means of a crank t and a slotted plate u, which actuate a pair of the running-wheels through a rack v and gearing w, x, &c. The boat may be driven in one direction only, or may be drawn along by a string &c. In the latter case, the strip l is fed forwards by gearing connected to one of the driving-wheels, the hammer o being actuated by clockwork, as before. The various parts may be driven by independent driving- mechanism &c. The boat may be fitted with paddle-wheels, and be constructed to float on water. The explosive strip may be applied to carriages, trucks, or other moving toys.
Patent GB-190222349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pavement Lights.
Inventor: MAN ALPHONSE DE
Filed: 1902-10-14
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 22,349. Man, A. de. Oct. 19, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pavement-lights.-Pavement-lights for illuminating vaults, basements, or subways are made in the form of concrete slabs A, in which are embedded lenses B surrounded by thin layers C of waterproof elastic material. Each lens has a top part B<1> with semi-cylindrical ribs and a hollow extension B<2> with internal prismatic ribs. The lens is narrow towards the top, and is shaped so as to direct all the light into the hollow extension. Prismatic pendants D may be screwed or cemented to the lenses to deflect the light sideways, and the slab A is preferably strengthened by flat bars F twisted at intervals, as described in Specification No. 4632, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Buildings &c.]. The top surface of each lens may be arched, a bevelled flange may be provided at the bottom to deflect light horizontally, and the lens may be made in two parts connected together by transparent cement.
Patent GB-190226913-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Can Openers for Condensed Milk and the like.
Inventor: KENNEDY-MCGREGOR JOHN ALEXANDE
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 26,913. McGregor, J. A. Kennedy-. Dec. 6. Cans, opening.-Relates to an opener for cans containing condensed milk &c. A tubular piece of metal is shaped so that the bottom consists of the cutting-edges a<2>, which terminate in the sharp points a'. Two or more e raised ridges a<4>, a<5> are formed on the sides of the opener, of which the ridges a<4> project but slightly while the ridges a<5> stand well above the surface. The opener is placed with the sharp points a<3> resting on the end of the can to be opened and driven in as far as the ridges a<5> permit, thus severing the portion of the can encompassed by the tube. The upper end a<1> of the tube is cut off at right-angles to its length, and is provided with a removable cap B. The shape of the section of the tube may be varied, so long as the cutting-sides are formed in straight lines.
Patent GB-190304346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulated Electric Conductors and in Methods of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 4346. Cardan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 24. Air-heating gas stoves.-In the manufacture of insulated wire for electrical purposes, the insulating coating is hardened on the wire by means of hot gases supplied from a heater 1 by a blower 4. The combustion products of the burner 2 also pass to the heating-oven shown. The pipes connecting the heater, oven, and blower preferably form a closed circuit.